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Significant changes, first and foremost in the drilling safety rules. second in terms of spill response capabilities, and third in terms of the ability of operators to control subsea containments. the reason there were no permit -- deepwater drilling permits granted until late february is because until that time industry had failed to demonstrate that it had the capabilities to contain a subsea blowout. now they have those mechanisms, and in connection with every drilling permit that we approve, the operator has to designate the containment capabilities that it will rely on in the case of a sp...

Blowout preventers. we put in place this past fall a set of new drilling safety rules that imposes the first -- for the first time a set of quite substantial requirements on operators who propose to drill both in the gulf of mexico and anywhere else. it requires certifications by independent engineers of the drilling process. it requires them to address issues relating to well design, well casing, well cementing, which are all in the sat gore of prevention which the president mentioned in some of the clips you played and that you mentioned. i don't think any of your reports have talked about t...

I want to start just by giving you the opportunity to tell me if you think i've gotten any of the facts wrong. >> i think you've gotten a lot of the facts wrong. i think you've laid out a narrative about what we've been focusing on that completely ignores the enhanced safety requirements that we've imposed throughout the industry. we've not focused just on containment. we haven't focused just on blowout preventers. we put in place this past fall a set of new drilling safety rules that imposes the first -- for the first time a set of quite substantial requirements on operators who propose to dr...

Deepwater drilling permits. in fact, there have been very significant changes, first and foremost in the drilling safety rules. second in terms of spill response capabilities, and third in terms of the ability of operators to control subsea containments. the reason there were no permit -- deepwater drilling permits granted until late february is because until that time industry had failed to demonstrate that it had the capabilities to contain a subsea blowout. now they have those mechanisms, and in connection with every drilling permit that we approve, the operator has to designate the contain...

We haven't focused just on blowout preventers. we put in place this past fall a set of new drilling safety rules that imposes the first -- for the first time a set of quite substantial requirements on operators who propose to drill both in the gulf of mexico and anywhere else. it requires certifications by independent engineers of the drilling process. it requires them to address issues relating to well design, well casing, well cementing, which are all in the category of prevention which the president mentioned in some of the clips you played and that you mentioned. i don't think any of your ...